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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · Jan 3

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1h

The Wednesday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

The UFO theater of US Congress, science doesn't know what sleep does, Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal, and much more:

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News Briefs 15-10-2025

The world is full of disappointment, but the Wednesday Grail news briefs won’t let you down! Quote of the Day Those who neither struggle against violence nor take part in it can no more be enslaved th...

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 17h

The pivot from “I’m building god” to “I’m building a jerkoff tool” is pretty funny

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OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December

OpenAI will allow mature content for ChatGPT users who verify their age on the platform starting in December, CEO Sam Altman said, after the chatbot was made restrictive for users in mental distress.

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 10h

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we all be worried?

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Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 10h

Surely there will eventually be class action lawsuits for failing in their duty of care to viewers?

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 10h

In the past 2 weeks I've reported about 25 ads on YouTube that were similar scams using Australian business people/politicians (Anthony Albanese, Dick Smith, James Packer, and others).

I can understand a scam or two slipping through, but it seems YouTube has absolutely no screening of their ads.

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 13h

Who’s got 3 legs and is living his best life?

A 3 legged cat lies sleeping on his back inside a play tunnel on carpeted floor

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Red Pill Junkie @redpilljunkie.bsky.social · 22h

Hola, #PortfolioDay. I'm Miguel, a designer and digital illustrator with a previous background in architectural renderings.

I've mostly dedicated myself to book covers and personal commissions, but I'm also open to any kind of project, including RPGs.

I do have a penchant for the weird, tho ;)

Valentine card showing two adorkable green goblins holding feet (instead of hands) encircled by a giant heart, with the text "Let's Be Weird Together" above and below them. Design by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

Cover Design mockup for Susan Demeter's book 'Cosmic Witch', designed by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

Digital black and white illustration of a little Yorkshire Terrier dog, drawn by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

Poster design for the local exhibit 'Mysterious Manitoba', parodying the style of Weekly World News. Designed by Miguel Romero (absurdbydesign.com)

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 21h

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 13h

RIP King. 👑

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D'Angelo - Chicken Grease (Live)

YouTube video by Funkonaut

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 14h

Plenty of topics we cover at the Daily Grail in the new Dan Brown novel!

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'The Secret of Secrets' (Review): If Dan Brown Doesn't Already Read The Daily Grail, He Really Should

In 2003, when Dan Brown’s novel The DaVinci Code became a pop culture phenomenon – selling tens of millions of copies – a number of us involved in the ‘alternative history’ scene were amazed to find t...

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

Researchers aim to *squirrel!* translate dog sounds with AI.

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From barks to words: Researchers aim to translate dog sounds with AI

Ever wonder what your dog is trying to say? Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man's best friend into intelligible speech—a kind of Rose...

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

The Tuesday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

Magic mushrooms are even weirder than we thought, the hunt for the world's oldest story, calls for the UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft, and much more:

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News Briefs 14-10-2025

Feel free to take issue with any of today’s news briefs, but please don’t take it all too seriously… Thanks Kat. Quote of the Day There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would mee...

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

"We paved paradise, and put up a data center."

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

Not sure if you want to know about this or not @johnreppion.bsky.social ...? 😂

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 1d

Note that while there is no publicly available audio or full transcripts from these lectures, Thiel also recently published an essay where he writes about Watchmen and the other books and the idea of the antichrist. If you want to punish your brain for some reason...

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel citing Alan Moore's Watchmen in his Antichrist lecture series feels like sacrilege.

Screenshot from Guardian article on Peter Thiel's Antichrist lecture series, that reads: "In his second lecture, Thiel also explores the idea of the antichrist through four works of literature – Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, Alan Moore’s Watchmen graphic novel and Eiichiro Oda’s manga series One Piece. Thiel states that identifying the antichrist is possibly “hard to do in the present and always sort of controversial”, but that “you at least identify the antichrist in literature”.

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

Direct quote from Thiel's lecture follows: "The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work."

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 2d

Don't forget, if you're enjoying my #DailyGhost posting, you'd probably also like this book

John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 13d

If you're interested in ghosts and monsters and folklore, @pauljholden.com and I did a book which you should probably buy
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Fascinating Folklore

- A compendium of comics and essays - Crafted by the masterful minds of two comic world luminaries, John Reppion and PJ Holden, Fascinating...

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 2d

The Monday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

Was Jesus a shaman, gene-editing nature to fix our failures, psilocybin therapy linked to reduced suicidal thoughts, and much more:

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News Briefs 13-10-2025

Happy (slightly belated) 150th birthday to the Great Beast himself, Aleister Crowley! Quote of the Day It is possible, even probable, that a man may be misled by the enthusiasm of an illumination, and...

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 2d

Happy 150th birthday to infamous occultist Aleister Crowley, born Oct 12, 1875!

Here's a rare recording of 'The Great Beast', chanting in the language of the angels (as received by Elizabethan mage John Dee).
#crowleymas

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Listen to the Voice of Aleister Crowley, Chanting in the Language of the Angels

In 1920 the voice of the famous/infamous occultist Aleister Crowley was recorded for posterity onto wax cylinders, with the ‘Master Therion’ chanting magical incantations claimed by some to be in the ...

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 2d

I think we could all “triumph over our critics” if we sucked at the fetid financial teats of Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Larry Ellison. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 4d

Preserving the African engineering wonder that is Great Zimbabwe.

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Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe | Africa’s Cultural Landmarks

YouTube video by The Met

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 4d

I already assumed that James Gunn's version of Lex Luthor was inspired by Thiel, given the 'Dark Enlightenment'-themed storyline of wanting to go create his own country.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Peter Thiel is the Lex Luthor of our universe.

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 4d

The puzzle of the ‘idiot savant’: The convergence of singular talent and profound disability confounded scientists eager to place humans into neat categories.

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History’s shaming fascination for the so-called ‘idiot savant’ | Aeon Essays

The convergence of singular talent and profound disability confounded scientists eager to place humans into neat categories

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 4d

Anthropomorphism be damned, I think we all understand the looks on those faces.

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This Is What a Baboon Reunion Looks Like

A Baboon Family Reunion: A touching excerpt Excerpted from Echoes of Our Origins: Baboons, Humans, and Nature.

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